Denver and the West

Hot Topics:

Longmont police search for lost gun along bike path and neighborhood

Man with concealed carry permit reported gun fell out of holster

By Pierrette J. ShieldsLongmont Times-Call

Posted:
01/17/2013 01:44:29 PM MST

Updated:
01/17/2013 05:04:15 PM MST

LONGMONT -- Police are looking for a .380 semiautomatic pistol that a resident reported he lost while riding a motorized scooter through a north Longmont neighborhood and along a bicycle path on Wednesday, police reported.

Cmdr. Jeff Satur said police volunteers and a police K-9 searched the man's route along Mountain View Avenue, Pace Street along the east sidewalk, 17th Avenue west from Pace, to Alpine Street and the bike path along the Rough and Ready Ditch to Independence Drive, but did not recover the gun.

"He believes the gun fell out of the holster," Satur said.

The disabled man has a concealed-carry permit and uses a motorized scooter to help him get around. Satur said the gun was loaded when it was lost.

Longmont Police Department is looking for a loaded Ruger .380 semi-automatic pistol, similar to the one pictured, that was lost on Wednesday in Longmont.

Police are worried that a child may have found the gun.

"We're reminding parents up in that area that it is not a toy," he said.

Longmont police are issuing a call through an automatic system to warn residents that the gun was lost in the area.

Anyone who locates the gun should leave it where it is and call 911, Satur said.

Missy Franklin, Jenny Simpson, Adeline Gray and three other Colorado women could be big players at the 2016 Rio OlympicsWhen people ask Missy Franklin for her thoughts about the Summer Olympics that will begin a year from Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro, she hangs a warning label on her answer.